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Laboratory modeling and analysis of aircraft-lightning interactions
Modeling studies of the interaction of a delta wing aircraft with direct lightning strikes were carried out using an approximate scale model of an F-106B. The model, which is three feet in length, is subjected to direct injection of fast current pulses supplied by wires, which simulate the lightning channel and are attached at various locations on the model. Measurements are made of the resulting transient electromagnetic fields using time derivative sensors. The sensor outputs are sampled and digitized by computer. The noise level is reduced by averaging the sensor output from ten input pulses at each sample time. Computer analysis of the measured fields includes Fourier transformation and the computation of transfer functions for the model. Prony analysis is also used to determine the natural frequencies of the model. Comparisons of model natural frequencies extracted by Prony analysis with those for in flight direct strike data usually show lower damping in the in flight case. This is indicative of either a lightning channel with a higher impedance than the wires on the model, only one attachment point, or short streamers instead of a long channel
Skylab food system
A review of the Skylab food system requirements, package designs, and launch configurations was presented. In-flight anomalies were discussed, and between-mission changes in design were described. A discussion of support for Skylab 3 and Skylab 4 mission extensions and of new items launched on these missions is included
Correlation of electrical conductivity and radiation-induced free radical concentration in poly/ethylene terephthalate/ and related compounds
Gamma and ultraviolet radiation effects on electronic properties of polyethylene terephthalate and related compound
Light forces in ultracold photoassociation
We study the time-resolved photoassociation of ultracold sodium in an optical
dipole trap. The photoassociation laser excites pairs of atoms to molecular
states of large total angular momentum at high intensities (above 20
kW/cm). Such transitions are generally suppressed at ultracold
temperatures by the centrifugal barriers for high partial waves. Time-resolved
ionization measurements reveal that the atoms are accelerated by the dipole
potential of the photoassociation beam. We change the collision energy by
varying the potential depth, and observe a strong variation of the
photoassociation rate. These results demonstrate the important role of light
forces in cw photoassociation at high intensities.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figure
Recovering a lost baseline: missing kelp forests from a metropolitan coast
© 2008 AuthorThere is concern about historical and continuing loss of canopy-forming algae across the world’s temperate coastline. In South Australia, the sparse cover of canopy-forming algae on the Adelaide metropolitan coast has been of public concern with continuous years of anecdotal evidence culminating in 2 competing views. One view considers that current patterns existed before the onset of urbanisation, whereas the alternate view is that they developed after urbanisation. We tested hypotheses to distinguish between these 2 models, each centred on the reconstruction of historical covers of canopies on the metropolitan coast. Historically, the metropolitan sites were indistinguishable from contemporary populations of reference sites across 70 km (i.e. Gulf St. Vincent), and could also represent a random subset of exposed coastal sites across 2100 km of the greater biogeographic province. Thus there was nothing ‘special’ about the metropolitan sites historically, but today they stand out because they have sparser covers of canopies compared to equivalent locations and times in the gulf and the greater province. This is evidence of wholesale loss of canopy-forming algae (up to 70%) on parts of the Adelaide metropolitan coast since major urbanisation. These findings not only set a research agenda based on the magnitude of loss, but they also bring into question the logic that smaller metropolitan populations of humans create impacts that are trivial relative to that of larger metropolitan centres. Instead, we highlight a need to recognise the ecological context that makes some coastal systems more vulnerable or resistant to increasing human-domination of the world’s coastlines. We discuss challenges to this kind of research that receive little ecological discussion, particularly better leadership and administration, recognising that the systems we study out-live the life spans of individual research groups and operate on spatial scales that exceed the capacity of single research providers.Sean D. Connell, Bayden D. Russell, David J. Turner, Scoresby A. Shepherd, Timothy Kildea, David Miller, Laura Airoldi, Anthony Cheshir
Hypothesis of path integral duality: Applications to QED
We use the modified propagator for quantum field based on a ``principle of
path integral duality" proposed earlier in a paper by Padmanabhan to
investigate several results in QED. This procedure modifies the Feynman
propagator by the introduction of a fundamental length scale. We use this
modified propagator for the Dirac particles to evaluate the first order
radiative corrections in QED. We find that the extra factor of the modified
propagator acts like a regulator at the Planck scales thereby removing the
divergences that otherwise appear in the conventional radiative correction
calculations of QED. We find that:(i) all the three renormalisation factors
, , and pick up finite corrections and (ii) the modified
propagator breaks the gauge invariance at a very small level of
. The implications of this result to generation of the
primordial seed magnetic fields are discussed.Comment: 15 pages, LaTeX2e (uses ijmpd.sty); To appear in IJMP-D; References
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The SLAC Polarized Electron Source
The SLAC PES, developed in the early 1990s for the SLC, has been in
continuous use since 1992, during which time it has undergone numerous
upgrades. The upgrades include improved cathodes with their matching laser
systems, modified activation techniques and better diagnostics. The source
itself and its performance with these upgrades will be described with special
attention given to recent high-intensity long-pulse operation for the E-158
fixed-target parity-violating experiment.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, Workshop on Polarized Electron Sources and
Polarimeters (PESP 2002), September 4-6, 2002, Danvers, M
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